By the time the last few notes fade, his hope will be restored, but each time he's force … - Steven Galloway

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I've always wondered why European politicians as a group seemed brighter than American politicians as a group. Maybe it's becausemany American politicians have the race issue to fall back on. They become lazy, suspicious of innovative ideas, and as a result American institutions atrophy.

Steven Galloway

By the time the last few notes fade, his hope will be restored, but each time he's force to resort to the Adagio it becomes harder, and he knows its effect is finite. There are only a certain number of Adagios left in him, and he will not recklessly spend this precious currency.

Becomes, Currency, Fade, Lasts, Numbers, Recklessly

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If you don't allow yourself the possibility of writing something very, very bad, it would be hard to write something very good.

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A weapon does not decide whether or not to kill. A weapon is a manifestation of a decision that has already been made.

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Because civilization isn't a thing that you build and then there it is, you have it forever. It needs to be built constantly, recreated daily. It vanishes far more quickly than he ever would have thought possible. And if he wishes to live, he must do what he can to prevent the world he wants to live in from fading away. As long as there's war, life is a preventative measure.

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Do you know the difference between an optimist and a pessimist? A pessimist says ‘Oh dear, things can’t possibly get any worse. ’ And an optimist says, ‘Don’t be so sad. Things can always get worse.

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The fingers on his flesh told him he was loved, that he had always been loved, and that the world was a place where above all else things that were good would find a way to burrow into you.

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